Milk-bottle holder and cooler



e. v. OBERMANQ MILK BOTTLE HOLDER AND COOLER. APPLICATION- FILED APR. 7.1919.

1 34.8, 66 1 Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

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GERTRUDE V. OBERMAN, 01E MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER AND COOLER.

Application filed April 7,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnnrnuon V. Quinn- MAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Modesto, in the county of Stanislaus, State of California, have invented a new and useful Milk-Bottle Holder and Cooler, of which the following is a specification in such. full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a milk bottle holder and cooler an object of which is to dispense with the use of ice for cooling the bottles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder for the bottles which will preent the accumulation of dust on the bottle and which will have a guard to prevent dirtfrom falling on the cap of the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cooler which will be supplied with water as a cooling agent and which water is collected in a pan should any of it run off the cooling curtain which surrounds the bottles.

Another object of the invention 18 to provide a frame which will prevent the cooling curtain from being displaced when once placed in the proper position.

Other objects of the invention as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but 1 am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cooler with the curtain removed,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the complete cooler, the curtain being shown in place,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the complete supporting bracket and bottle support showing the cooling pans removed, and

Fig. 4: is a plan view of the supporting bracket and bottle holder.

The cooler is mounted on a wall or other support 1 and comprises a flat plate 2 having two horizontally extending arms 3 and 4:.

will appear Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 288,419.

The arms 3 and 4: support a shallow water receptacle 5 which is suitably detachably connected to the arms 3 and a by means of the bolts 7 and 8.

The water receptacle or pan 5 has four depending rods 9 to 12 secured thereto which rods are in turn connected to the flanged pan 13 at their lower ends. The pan 18 is provided with a narrow trough around its entire outer edge, the object being to provide a receptacle for a small amount of water, thereby increasing as much as possible the evaporation from the curtain 16 which surrounds the entire cooler. The cooling curtain 16 entirely surrounds the pan 5 and hangs down into the trough around the edge of the pan 13, a frame, consisting of a horizontal member 17 and four rods 18 to 21 inclusive which are provided with hooks 22 to 25 inclusive at their upper ends, being used to hold the cloth down in the water in the pan 5.

The cloth draws the water out of the pan 5 by capillary attraction, and as it runs down on the curtain, it will cool the air within the cooler.

The bottles are suspended by means of two cooperating springs '26, 27 which are connected to the back 2 and to each other. These springs also support a rod 28 which has a plate 29 at its upper end and a plate 30 at its lower end.

The bottle is secured in the holder by simply forcing it between the springs 26, 27, and when so placed, is covered with the plate 29. When an empty bottle is placed on the pan 13, the plate 30 may be used to cover it.

It will be clear that the number of bottles held by the cooler may be increased at will without changing the invention in any way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows, express reservation being made of permissible modifications.

1. An evaporation refrigerator comprising a water pan, a shelf supported below the pan, a fabric supported from the pan and extending to the shelf, and a framework for holding the upper portion of the fabric in the trough, and a'framework for holding the pan and extending to the shelf outside the upper portion of the fabric in the par the fabric to hold the latter in place. and extending to the trough outside th n evaporation refrigerator comprisfabric. v 5 ing a bracket supported Water pan, a shelf 7 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ripheral trough, a fabric supporting from the outer edge of the pan and extending into 7 GERTRUDE OBERMAN.

supported below the pan and having a pemy hand this 24th day of March, A. D. 1919 

